Gonçalo Traquina

Partner, Management Consulting - Financial Services Leader, Head of the Customer Advisory

KPMG Lower Gulf

Gonçalo Traquina is the head of the management consulting practice for the financial services sector. He has more than 22 years of experience in the financial services sector. Gonçalo is a Partner based in Dubai and specializes in banking, insurance and payments. His areas of expertise include business strategy, digital enablement and transformation, customer experience, operational transformation, financial management and IT transformation.

Prior to joining the Dubai office, Gonçalo worked with KPMG in Europe and in another Big Four consultancy. He has worked in multicultural markets across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa, supporting major and middle sized banks and insurance companies.

Gonçalo holds an MBA, a post graduate degree in Financial Institutions Management and a degree in Economics from Nova School of Business & Economics.

  • Customer experience optimization
  • Digital-driven transformation
  • Financial Management

  • MBA from INDEG/ISCTE Business School - Lisbon, Portugal

  • Post-Graduate in Financial institutions management (PAGIF) - Universidade catolica Portuguesa

  • Degree in Economics - universidade Nova de Lisboa

  • University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management: FinTech: Future of Payments

  • Executive Program in Digital Technology, Innovation and Disruption - Stanford University

  • Certificate of Lean Competency – Lean Enterprise Research Center

  • Certified consultant in CRM Platforms (SIEBEL)

  • Certified in Strategy and Operation Methodologies – KPMG and Deloitte

  • Business strategy

  • Customer experience

  • Operational transformation

  • IT transformation.